This direct-to-DVD
full-length movie sees Batman’s boy sidekick
Robin leading a group of teenaged superheroes to Tokyo to investigate a
mysterious super villain named Brushogun who attacked and trashed their
headquarters.

To be honest Robin was the only superhero character in this
group I could recognize, but it doesn’t really matter: his cohorts aren’t
faceless entities, but each of them has their own personality and quirks and
aren’t strictly defined by their superpowers alone like for instance in the
way you never could tell the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles apart. (The super team line-up here consists of
Starfire, Cyborg, Raven, and Beast Boy.)

Trouble in Tokyo has
some fun with its premise in that it occasionally breaks away from its usual
animation style to fool around with visual anime clichés. The story though
is quite thin and a lot of the material seems like pointless filler. Still,
the pace is snappy and the animation spirited enough.

While Teen Titans is
hardly the sort of breakthrough show such as the early 1990s animated
Batman TV series was, it makes for fluffy
light entertainment that will entertain both its intended target demographic
of small boys too lazy to read comic books and older animation fans with low
expectations. Some scary bits may frighten smaller children so parental
discretion is advised.

Worth a look-see. Note
however that listening to the show’s TV theme requires a sense of humor.